Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
129,610
Average male salary
£28,980
Average female salary
£25,516
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
38,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
9.5%
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The average salary in Newcastle-under-Lyme is £27,617, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £126. Compare average salaries by area.
Newcastle-under-Lyme's salary growth rate is -0.45% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Newcastle-under-Lyme over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Newcastle-under-Lyme is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 1.4-hour difference.
There are 38,000 jobs in Newcastle-under-Lyme which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 81,715, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Newcastle-under-Lyme is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Newcastle-under-Lyme working-age population.
Salaries are mean averages of annual gross pay for full-time employees. Hours worked are mean averages of weekly hours worked by full-time employees
According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in Newcastle-under-Lyme average £25,516, and male wages averaged £28,980. Statistically, the average female earns £3,464 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.
Over the past 9 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 0.4% and 1.3% respectively.
Males on average make 13.6% more than females in Newcastle-under-Lyme, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Newcastle-under-Lyme is 9.5% - males in Newcastle-under-Lyme earn 9.5% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Newcastle-under-Lyme earn an average income of £16,729 and work 33 hours per week on average. That's -£16,729 less per year than the top 10%, and -33 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.4 | 33.8 | £18,123 | |
| 20th | 34.5 | 36.0 | £16,925 | £20,417 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £17,921 | £21,033 |
| 30th | 36.0 | 37.0 | £19,149 | £22,728 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £21,027 | £24,751 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Newcastle-under-Lyme, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Newcastle-under-Lyme, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics